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wristwatch

timekeeping device

Also known as: wristlet watch

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Rolex

In Rolex
…his company’s future on the wristwatch. He came up with the brand name Rolex, registered it as a trademark in 1908, and set out to make wristwatches that were both manly and fashionable. In 1914, in an early display of his considerable talent for generating publicity, Wilsdorf had the British…
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